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ATTILIO PUSTERLA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 608,413, dated August 2, 1898.

Application tiled J une 11, 1897.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, ATTILIO PUsTERLA, a subject of the King of Italy, and a resident of New York city, in the county and State of;

New York, have invented' certain new and useful Improvements in Illusion Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to illusion apparatus, particularly of that kind lin which the spectators are made to receive the impression of traveling by land or water.

The object of my invention is to provide improvements in devices ot' the above-indicated class whereby the effect will be rendered more natural and the illusion more complete than hitherto. For this purpose I construct the apparatus with certain novel features, as will appear from the description following hereinafter and particularly from the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan of an improved apparatus constructed according to myinvention to produce the illusion of traveling by railway. Fig.

2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same on' line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional elevation of one end of the apparatus. Figs. 4 and 4 are partial cross-sectional elevations taken, respectively, on lines 2 4 and 4a 4 of Fig. 1: Figs. 5 and 6 are partial sectional elevations on lines 5 5 and 6 2, respectively, ot' Fig. 1. Figs. 7 and 8 are cross-sectional details of the construction shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 9 is a similar detail of the construction shown in-Fig. 6. Fig. 10 is a detail of the mechanism for movinga screen or curtain. Figs. 11 and 12 are respectively a front view and a side view of a mechanism for imparting a bumping or jolting motion to the cars. Fig. 13 is a plan of another form of the apparatus, and Figs. 14 and 15 are a crosssection and a plan of an apparatus serving to produce the illusion of travel by sea.

Similar letters referto similar parts throughout the several views.

The apparatus is inclosed within the structure A, the entrance and waiting-room dimitating a railroad-station. Spectators from Serial No. 64Q,395. (No model.)

the waiting-room are admitted to the train B B by the ground glass doors b and iron fence c.

The train'B B', real or imitated, is stationary on a track between the diaphragms or partitions C O, representing other trains or the station-walls. q The diaphragms C C are provided with a longitudinal opening in front of the cars rows of windows, and the movable screens or curtains E E', carried by hooks z, secured to cables y, Fig. 10, running over the inclined wheels d d d2 cl3, intercept or admit the view of the diverging panoramic sections -D D', which are moved by the vertical shafts and horizontal grooved pulleys F F F2 FS at the two extremities and between them supported and guided by the little pulleys and hangers, Figs. 7, S, and 9, attached to the stands D3 D4. f

Each of the sections D D consists of a plurality of strips Z projecting to diierentheights to form the stepwise arrangement illustrated by' Figs. 2 to 6. The strips pass over disks x of different diameters at the ends of the apparatus, said disks being secured upon shafts F F F2 F3, carrying pulleys R S for rotating them. The stands or posts D3 D4 are located between the disks x, and the stands D4carry spaced pulleys u, arranged in pairs and receiving between them hooks z', secured to cables lg,which run on said pulleys. These hooks carry the strips forming the section D of the panoramic scenery, it being understood from Figs. 2, 4, and 4 that these strips do not extend to the upper hooks, but are connected thereto by strings o, invisible to the spectators. The stands D3 carry vertical pul- .leys 'La' and horizontal pulleys u2, Fig. 9,l receiving between -them the cablesaf, to which the strips Z of the scenery are secured by means of hooks s2. As'will be apparent from Figs. land 15, the distance-between the strips Z gradually increases from the center toward the disks 1c-that is, said stri ps.. diverge toward the ends of the apparatus. By this construction I obtain a better effect of objects receding into the distance. Y

The construction shown in Figs. 4, 4,.7, and 8 and that represented in Figs. 5, 6, and 9 are interchangeable.

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That part of the panoramic views which reproduces the sky G is shown stationary in the drawings.

Near to the spectators is the sceneryII II, which represents fences, bushes, field-gates, ttc., at about the natural size and moves at a greater speed than the other sections.

Outside of the cars and attached to them are the blinds .2", one above and the other below the windows and extending to the full length of the ears. rlheyare folded up closely to the ear-body and are opened and stretched out when the passengers are at their places to concentrate the attention upon the moving panorama.

From the outside or from a motor I in the building the motive power can be obtained to drive by the shaft .l and pulleys cfg 7:v 7.1 f all the mechanism F F2 T U S R d (I2 n, which actuates all the panoramic views and the other parts of the illusion apparatus.

The car-body I3 is a little raised from the trucks and is supported by the springs p, Fig. l2. Between thetrucks is placcda coun- 1er-shaft,wh ich receives motion from the main shaft J by the pulleys t' and n and carries an unbalanced fly-wheel o, which when rapidly rotating shakes the bearings and everything connected to it. lly the friction-pulleys 'nl 972/, provided with springs m2 m3 at the periphery and running against the car-body ll, the vibrations are transmitted to it and the noise produced.

lVhcn the spectators are all inside of the coaches and the departure-signal is given, the blind is let down and the other, .2", is raised. Both assume such a position as to include in the lines ot' view only the movable screens E E of the diaphragms C C'. Everything is then put in motion, very slow at lirst, but gradually up to thespeed more convenient to give the wanted illusion. The movable screens E E having opened longitudinally the view to the observing` eyes and the cars beginning to vibrate, the passengers have the impression of havingleft the station and running at full speed in the open country. Toward the arrival the speed is slowed down, the curtains or screens E 1/ return from the opposite way to intercept the view, everythingcomes to a standstill, and the impression is given et having entered another station. '.lhe blinds .2" are folded up and the passengers alight from the back.

In Fig. 13 I have illustrated an arrangement which is somewhat aduplieation of that shown in Fig. l, except that a single central section of moving scenery I) is made to serve for bothY cars I3, so that there are three moving sections of scenery. rlhe construction and operation of; said sections and. the other movingparts of the apparatus are exactly the same as hercinbefore described.

'lhe construction relnesented in Figs. l-l

and l5 differs from those mentioned above only by the substitution of a steamer B2 for the cars I3 E. The entra-nce is at a and the exit at c', or vice versa.

that I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In an illusion apparatus, moving scenery consisting of a plurality of movable sections or strips projecting one above the other and extending in the same direction, said strips converging toward the center of the apparatus, substantially as described.

2. An illusion apparatus, coinprisinga suitable stand `for the spectators, moving scenery consisting of a plurality of sections or strips projecting one above the other and arranged at different distances from said stand, said strips converging at their central portions, and means for moving said strips at different rates ot speed, substantially as described.

3. An illusion apparatus, comprising scenery sections or stri ps whose adjacent runs are adapted to travel in the same direction, and supports for keeping the central portions of adjacent runs of different strips closer together than the outer portions of the same strips, substantially as described.

1t. In an illusion apparatus, moving scenery consisting of a plurality of sections or strips, supporting pulleys or disks of different diameters over which pass the said strips, intermediate supports for the strips said supports having their supporti11g-points for adjacent runs of different strips closer together than the peripheries of the supporting-disks engaging such strips, causing the adjacent runs of different strips to diverge from the intermediate supports toward said disks, and means for imparting a traveling motion to thc strips, substantially as described.

5. The combination of thc scenery sections `or strips, concentric pulleys or disks of difterent diameters over which pass said strips, intermediate supports having individual snpporting devices for the central portions of the said strips, and means for moving the strips, substantially as described.

(l. The combination of the scenery sections or strips, concentric pulleys or disks of different diameters over which pass said strips, intermediate supports having a double set of individual supporting devices, one set for each run ot the said strips, and means for moving the strips, substantially as described.

'7. In an illusion apparatus, a spectators stand, a shaft located :uljaeent thereto and a series of springs arranged to rotate with said shaft and to engage the stand, substantially as described.

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